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ANDRE LOSING TO WARRIOR, UNITED WRESTLING NETWORK, AJ STYLES AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2016-09-16 10:00:00

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This time, a year ago, if you told me that in one years time AJ Styles would not only be in WWE but he'd be the WWE champion I would have laughed in your face. Not because he wasn't deserving but just because it seemed like it was never meant to be. But here we are. And it's great. That said, obviously Styles has impressed some people in WWE to be where he's at. But do you know what Vince's opinion of him is? Obviously Vince likes Styles but I'm curious if you've heard what he thinks Styles long term upside is given all the things Vince normally doesn't like - under 6 foot, southern accent, former TNA employee, etc.

All signs are that Vince McMahon is impressed with everything that the average wrestling fan has seen in Styles since he's come to WWE - his work, his attitude and his crisp match quality.  If McMahon didn't see anything in Styles, he wouldn't be the World champion right now.

I'm positive that this question has been asked but in my opinion Swagger needs Coulter.  In 2014 they were on to something special with that duo, however the decision was made to split the two of them up can you please remind me why this occurred?  Thanks for all the great work that you and the rest of the staff do this is the best and only site for professional accurate factual wrestling news.  Please keep up the great work!!!  Thank you once again for being the best in what you and your business partners do day in and day out!!!

Colter was removed from Swagger when he needed to undergo hip surgery and was going to be off TV for a long time.  I would agree that Swagger lost something when Colter was removed from him.  Hopefully, the move to Smackdown will give him a chance to rebound.

I was watching some old WWF house show footage and I see they booked Andre the Giant to lose to Ultimate Warrior in like 30 seconds.  Since this was never mentioned on TV, why would they do this?

According to Bret Hart's excellent autobiography, Andre demanded to lose so quickly because he was mad he had to put Warrior over every night.  It was his way of just getting the match done and getting out of there.

Do you know anything about this United Wrestling Network working with CZW?  What is that?

UWN is a group of promotions Dave Marquez has been slowly putting together with the idea that if each group is on local TV in their respective markets and they build enough markets, they can sell national ad campaigns and everyone can share in not just the sharing of talent and champions but also whatever money is made if they get the project into the black.

Why would I have any interest in a continued Bray Wyatt-Randy Orton feud when Wyatt already jobbed to a crippled Orton's RKO at the PPV? And when are they going to give Wyatt something good to work with, like a face turn. All they do is job him out.

That is a great question.  Wyatt has been a toothless shark for quite some time and they really need to give him something of merit to do.  He's a hell of a talent but for some reason, the company never seems to let him run roughshod the way he and the Wyatt Family should.  He really needs to do something EVIL to build some additional interest in the Orton feud in my opinion.

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